Bucket List Wednesday - July 3rd

My girls cannot get enough of the bucket list.  They ask everyday to pull something from it.  They have really enjoyed everything we've done so far.  Here's what we did this past Wednesday, which carried into Thursday.

We were actually supposed to do this last week, but ran out of time.  So, we did it this week.  We made a fairy house out of sticks we collected in the backyard.

We added a few special touches to the fairy house.

They wrote a letter to their aunt and uncle that live in Oklahoma.

We went to the Post Office to mail the letter.  They had to do everything themselves.

Kinsley applying the stamp to the envelope.

They both wanted to drop it in the box, but Kinsley couldn't reach.

After the Post Office, we went to the Dollar Store where they each had $5 to spend.  They got to choose whatever they wanted.  They then had to put all of their stuff on the counter (done with my help), and give the cashier the money.  They had to carry their own bags out as well.

Kinsley kept trying to give the cashier her money before she was ever finished ringing up her stuff. 

She was ready.

After all of that we were starving.  We stopped by a local barbeque place for lunch.  I'm trying to teach them to support our local community as much as possible.  Our motto is to buy local whenever you can.

I know this pic is blurry, but that's a belly laugh right there.  She was cracking up.  I'm wondering when those two top teeth are going to come in.  It's been a while since she lost them.

She posed just right so that she could have antlers on her head.

Showing off their Dollar Store loot.

They couldn't wait to tear into all this stuff.

We spent a good hour playing with this whoopee cushion.  When Daddy came home he played with them until he popped it.  We've got to get another one now.  They were heart broken.

Showing off the Hannah Montana glitter in her hair (That stuff is still in there even though I've washed her hair twice.  I think I need to break out the Dawn dishsoap.)

They each got a cardboard doll house.  They pretend that they are neighbors visiting eachother.

I love listening to them when they are pretending.  They always crack me up.

These are the items I bought to do all of the other stuff in our bucket list.  It's all hidden for now.

After lunch we stopped by the library to drop off our books and pick up new books.  I found Dick and Jane and had to get it.  Katie needs to work on fluency and accuracy when reading.  Gotta get her ready for second grade.

Katie ended up leaving that evening to spend the night with one of her cousins.  Kinsley and I put together her glow in the dark catepillar key chain.  Here she is working on those fine motor skills.  It ended up being too hard for her to put together and she lost interest in it quickly.  I ended up having to do it and it was very difficult to say the least.

We did this the following day, but we froze some of their ponies and Littlest Pet Shop figures in water.  I had purchased a few water guns at the Dollar Spot at Target and they had to rescue their figures using the water guns.  Saw this on Pinterest.

Took them a while, but they eventually rescued all of them.

Thankful Thursday

Today was a very important day for my hubs.  He is the GM of a local cemetary.  He designed and had made a Veterans Memorial.  He is so proud of it and we are so proud of him.  He joined forces with the American Legion to have a dedication for the memorial, which was sheduled today. 

The weather didn't seem to want to cooperate with us, but God is always in control.  It never rained and no one was struck by lightening.  The funnel cloud that was reported was over 10 miles away from us, so we were doing pretty good.  In fact, it was like the sun was right over us, shining down on us during the ceremony with huge dark blue clouds lingering in the background.  It really made for some pretty pictures.  The fact that the wind was blowing, made it even better because we were all pretty sweaty out there. 

Here are a few pictures that I took during the ceremony.

Kinsley thought this guy was pretty interesting.  She must like Navy men....LOL.

Katie asked what the headstones were for.  She said, "Are they to keep them in the ground? Is God in there?"  She was pretty fascinated by it all.

I love this picture.  Kinsley's allergies have been acting up again. 

She was sneezing and coughing the entire time.

The Color Guard with the big bad storm in front of them.

They actually did the Three-Volley Salute.  Scared me and the girls half to death.  I didn't even think they'd really shoot the guns, but they did.  Kinsley started screaming.  It was a little comical.

This fine man played Taps.  It was awesome.

Eben being presented the United States flag.  He was so proud and we're so proud of him.

Old Glory flying in the breeze.

Eben being interviewed by Fox 4 News. 

After spending some time with Daddy after the dedication, we left before the weather got worse.  One of our Bucket List items includes eating at Rao's Bakery for lunch and a dessert.  That will never happen again.  I almost fell over when I received my bill.  We spent $30 on 3 chicken salad sandwiches that included chips, 1 chocolate milk, 1 bottle of water, and one small fruit bowl.

Katie has got to make a silly face everytime I pick up the camera.

We sat near the water fountain and they made a wish with nickels.  I didn't have any pennies.  Did you know that Canada has stopped the production of their pennies?  They cost more to make than they are worth.

I'm loving this picture.  I may have to frame this one.

After we let our food go down, we each picked out a dessert.  Didn't I mention earlier that my diet had been thrown out the window the day before?  Well, it carried over into today.

Katie likes anything chocolate.

Kinsley likes anything strawberry. 

Neither of them finished anything they ate, so they are having Rao's leftovers for dinner tonight. 

I truly can't eat anything else, especially since I topped off lunch with:

a fruit tart!

This was them picking out what they wanted.  Doesn't this look like a dream????

They have life size statues of the Blues Brothers in the cafe.  They both wanted to go over to see them.  As they got closer, they got scared to get near them.  I was cracking up.  They were both waiting for them to move.  We decided that we would sacrifice Bear (the little pink thing on his leg is Bear). 

Once Bear made it out alive, both girls decided that it was safe to stand near them.  I quickly got a picture and we were out of there.

Now we're home and they are eating apples.  Don't eat the expenisve lunch and dessert momma splurged on you, but eat an apple instead.  I guess the dentist would appreciate that.